Nevada County picayune., 1887-04-06

spent II IdllDilHS ONci tuc HlVuh tains of that enchanted country. h a deep island dell shut out iron the world, where the earth was al ways green and ,he sky always blue, 1 met one day beautiful young shepherdeSs and loved her
 ''I will not describe her charms. Captain, for you have been young and heart that has loved needs not to be told that to the eye oi true affection it's object has no de. fects.
 My father learned my secret but l knew it not. l had life long secret afterwards which he never learned! He came to lhe one morning, smiled aud said:
 My son, do you want to go to Cuba.'
 q eagerly answered iu the af firmative, for it had been cher. ished but hitherto forbidden pas. sion with me to travel,
 "'Onc of my vessels sails to. morrow he said, and you may go.
 This short interval allowed me no time to bid farewell to my shep. herdess, who was fifty miles dis tant, nor even to inform her of my departure, but said aloud: I'll soon be back,' and many other cOnsolations l whispered to my my heart the next day while bound, ing over the Atlantic.
 "The ship arrived at good time at Havana, discharged her cargo, re- loaded and sailed for Calcutta! Was a prisoner on my fathers ship! and for five long years l was kept from hOme-as if the waters from the ocean could wash out my love.
 Il escaped al length from the prison sllp while lying at Rio, and took passage on French bark fol the Granddaughter. No circum' navigation of the globe was ever so long as that voyage. strained my eyes every day watching fol Gibraltar, which knew was thOus. ands of miles off, and every night l dreamed of mountain rivulets, snowy ilocks and Ina.
 Arriving at last at Seville, haStened over the Nevada and sought the sunny dell where my affections had so long nestled, and where ] found the idol of my heart was the wife of an Anda'usioi shepherd! She had been told that I had deserted her, and afterward that l was dead. did not weep for my heart was turned to stone My fnther,' said l. shall never know of his victory" ] did not go tu pcc nim. 1t was wicked l know but burning with the spirit of re, venge, turned again to the sea and never saw him more. I am faint. Captain, and cannot pro long my talk. In six months l was master of fast sailing vessel you have seen that vessel, Captain, but never in port, and l have of ten seen you, and knew your name twenty years ago. But no matter about that. My father continued to freight his ships and to send them to all parts of the world-l superintendent, in fact, a large part of his business, and that many oI his cargoes found d sale in ports to which they had never consigned His agents sometimes failed to re, port.
 "l have said enough, Captain; before tomorrow sun sets shall be in the caverns of the deep. But have forgiven him and do no, complain. l have fortune in the bank of England. but with it is de posted a will and the son of Ina is my heir. You have been kind to me, Captain, and in token of my gratitude l beg you to accept my watch and cutless and this paper which you will carefully preserve,' So saying he held oat folded scrap ot paper, which my grand father put his pocket.
 Morning dawned d-bnt the stran, ger eyes did not open upon it - they were closed forever. In the afternoon the "Burial Service al Sea-" that most solemn of sea scenes, was performed and the shrouded body of q pirate, with a gentle plunge, broke the glassy surface of the ocean, and sank tt i's mysterious depths.
 IL was many hours aiterwarc